Quantitative elastography methods in liver disease: current evidence and future directions

P Kennedy, M Wagner, L Castéra, CW Hong… - Radiology, 2018 - pubs.rsna.org
Chronic liver diseases often result in the development of liver fibrosis and ultimately,
cirrhosis. Treatment strategies and prognosis differ greatly depending on the severity of liver …

Hepatitis B virus: advances in prevention, diagnosis, and therapy

MH Nguyen, G Wong, E Gane, JH Kao… - Clinical microbiology …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Currently, despite the use of a preventive vaccine for several decades as well as the use of
effective and well-tolerated viral suppressive medications since 1998, approximately 250 …

Liver MR elastography technique and image interpretation: pearls and pitfalls

FF Guglielmo, SK Venkatesh, DG Mitchell - Radiographics, 2019 - pubs.rsna.org
Liver MR elastography is an imaging technique used to measure liver stiffness in the
evaluation for possible fibrosis or cirrhosis. Liver stiffness measurement (LSM) is useful for …

Magnetic resonance elastography of liver: current update

S Hoodeshenas, M Yin… - Topics in Magnetic …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
The first clinical application of magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) was in the
evaluation of chronic liver disease (CLD) for detection and staging of liver fibrosis. In the …

MR elastography of liver: current status and future perspectives

IS Idilman, J Li, M Yin, SK Venkatesh - Abdominal Radiology, 2020 - Springer
Non-invasive evaluation of liver fibrosis has evolved over the last couple of decades.
Currently, elastography techniques are the most widely used non-invasive methods for …

Technical failure of MR elastography examinations of the liver: experience from a large single-center study

M Wagner, I Corcuera-Solano, G Lo, S Esses, J Liao… - Radiology, 2017 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To assess the determinants of technical failure of magnetic resonance (MR)
elastography of the liver in a large single-center study. Materials and Methods This …

Evaluation of hepatic fibrosis: a review from the society of abdominal radiology disease focus panel

JM Horowitz, SK Venkatesh, RL Ehman, K Jhaveri… - Abdominal …, 2017 - Springer
Hepatic fibrosis is potentially reversible; however early diagnosis is necessary for treatment
in order to halt progression to cirrhosis and development of complications including portal …

Fully automated prediction of liver fibrosis using deep learning analysis of gadoxetic acid–enhanced MRI

SJ Hectors, P Kennedy, KH Huang, D Stocker… - European …, 2021 - Springer
Objectives To (1) develop a fully automated deep learning (DL) algorithm based on
gadoxetic acid–enhanced hepatobiliary phase (HBP) MRI and (2) compare the diagnostic …

Hemochromatosis: pathophysiology, evaluation, and management of hepatic iron overload with a focus on MRI

S Golfeyz, S Lewis, IS Weisberg - Expert review of …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) is an autosomal recessive disorder that
occurs in approximately 1 in 200–250 individuals. Mutations in the HFE gene lead to excess …

Diagnostic accuracy of texture analysis and machine learning for quantification of liver fibrosis in MRI: correlation with MR elastography and histopathology

K Schawkat, A Ciritsis, S von Ulmenstein… - European …, 2020 - Springer
Objectives To compare the diagnostic accuracy of texture analysis (TA)–derived parameters
combined with machine learning (ML) of non-contrast-enhanced T1w and T2w fat-saturated …